Vladimir Shevchenko

Affiliated media: FinNews.ru, Journalist

Incident date: March 16, 2018

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

On March 16, 2018, a court in St. Petersburg granted the request of investigators to arrest the journalist for "Extortion on a particularly large scale" (Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Part 3, Point b.).